Born into a society tolerant of homosexuals, River Otter is confused by the white culture’s persecution of such men. As the war begins to wind down, Otter leaves the only home he has ever known to help Major James Morrow, commandant of Ft. Yanube, build a farm north of the fort. He begins a new life with the handsome major while coming to grips with growing hostility toward natives and rising danger from a local militia bent on eliminating all bloods from the territory.<br><br>As his physical attraction for the blond soldier slowly grows into a love perilous to both of them, Otter is distracted by personal challenges. As he struggles to survive the social and political upheaval sweeping the plains, can remain true to his own set of values?

River Otter

Sam Smith and the militia thundered down upon us soon thereafter. While the venomous man wasted time and breath mouthing imprecations at me, another place went up in flames. A distant towering black plume on the other side of the Yanube immediately drew the captain and his men south. The smoke had seemed to be in the general vicinity of Smith’s own farm.


Although it distressed me another family had been attacked, I breathed a bit easier. By all the laws of logic, Dull Lance should have ridden for the sanctuary of the nearby Little Islands after this latest raid. As James had noted, the mountains were a much larger haven than the Trickling Water Badlands.


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